purchaser

purchaser

The fund-holding body—e.g., primary care trust (PCT) or a GP commissioning group—in the UK which buys health or social care services from a provider—e.g., an acute (NHS) hospital trust—on behalf of a local population or individuals with specific needs.

purchaser,

n a program sponsor, often an employer or union, that contracts with the dental benefits organization to provide dental benefits to an enrolled population.

Any gain on the sale of shares that are excluded property to a "specified purchaser" will be suspended until such time as the shares are disposed of by the specified purchaser or the purchaser ceases to meet the definition of specified purchaser.

As stated in the policy statement, the collective provision of fee-related information to purchasers "can raise antitrust concerns to the extent it signals or facilitates physicians' collective price demands.

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